Improvement in combination bath-tubs



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'Q vBarn-viteLL, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK I l I Leners Pareti No.103,293,1dawd May 24,1876.

mrnovnMnNTm coMBINATioNBATH-TUBS.

\ The Schedule referred `to intlxese `Lettori Patent:` and making partot tl'xesame.

. Be it known that I, ASA G. BROWNELL, of vBrooklyn, intthecounty'of-Kings and r' State of New York,

, have invented anewand nse'niImprovementin Gom-` bnationjBath-Tnb and"`1` do hereby declare thatthe following is afnllpclear, and exact'description therc- `-of,f\vhicl1 ivillmenablc others `'skilled in theart .to make and use thefsame," reference being ,had to theaccompanying;drawingsforming part of this specification.` v v i `Thisinvention relates' to bathtubs, and consists in an improved constructionthereof', which will bespeci- -fiedherereinaften i f In vthefnecompanying drawing#- i `Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal`section cfa combination `batli-tubco1ist-ruoted according to myinvention. i 'i v 14`igu1e2 is a top jor plan view.

i Similar letters of `reference indicate corresponding parts.`

` Ais the bath-trib, `ivhicli, in form and construction,`vdoesnotnecessarilyzdiierti'om bathing-'tubs of ordi'- jnaryconstruction.

BV is the sitz bathing-till), which is simply ahollow lmlt'cy1inder,`ofmetal or of any suitable materiahconnectedwith the sides of the tub A,placed transversely across `the foot bf\tlietl`1b,`fas seen 'in thedrawings.

l The hollow semi-cylinder may beinade with ends, H `so a's to 4formawater-tight vessel of itself, and he so constructed otherwiseas to besupported'jn the foot n of 'the bath-tiibvbymeansiof sockets or'lugs, orfrom the to'pof the tubor by cleats; on the sides of the tub, as maybefoundj mostconvenient, sothatthey may be readily detached,`but'flpifeferv tfol'permanently attach t-h'em to the tnb, asrepresented in the drawing. The front edge of the sitz tub is rolled, asseen at G, so asto forma convenient rest Vfor the body.

D represents a tap-holethrongli the bottom of the The water isdischarged 4into the main tub sitz tub. throngh the sitz tub.

E is thego'verow-pipe, and F the discharge-pipe.

` In filling the tub'for'a-sitz bath, the hole D is, of y course,closed, and, in fact, it may bekept closed except when the water is-tobeudischarged from it, as the front edge is dropped'dnwn; below the topof' the main tub, so thatthe water willow over it. This' l sitz tub doesnot interfere with the use of the common bath-tub, and it may b ereadilyattached thereto,`either removably brother-wise. Y

rIt'is apparent that clean desiredmanner,-either during or after theordinary bath. j.' i The advantages of this arrangement are many, `and"m'ust be=obvious to all.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim `as new, and desire to' secure by Letters Patenti As an improvedarticle of' manufacture, a bath-tub,

A, Vharing the halfcylinder B rigidly fixed across the foot thereof, andextending down, about halt the depth of the tub, thus forming a compoundsitz and plunge- A. o. BnoWNELL;

hath, as set forth.

"4 Witnesses: I A

GEO. W. MABEE,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.`

wmf (einleihot or com) f may be retained in sitzbathtub ready for v.usein any

